[Alberta's Child]

But, threatening with eternal damnation those dummies who don't care about voting is odd.

There is nothing odd about it. It is the duty of the Church to prepare its members for the day they will stand and be judged before God. I would not want to be the person who lived in America post-Roe v. Wade and has to explain why getting a haircut on the first Tuesday in November was so important in light of the 40+ million human beings who were being killed with the full approval of my democratically-elected government.

I've always found the conversations between Christ and Pontius Pilate to be the most fascinating parts of the New Testament. Christ often shows open anger toward the Pharisees, but his attitude when dealing with Pilate is almost nonchalant. As if to make everyone understand that Pilate has a legitimate role in the eyes of God.

[Polycarp]

I would not want to be the [CATHOLIC] person who lived in America post-Roe v. Wade and has to explain why getting a haircut on the first Tuesday in November was so important in light of the 40+ million human beings who were being killed with the full approval of my democratically-elected government.

Sounds like cause for mortal sin to me, when one looks at the grim reality of a legalized halocaust of the innocent. Great point...Mortal indeed.

[rogerthedodger]

. . . . or that Pilate was a non-entity to Him, since He maintained that His kingdom was "not of this world." In contrast, the Pharisees directly attacked His vision of the Kingdom of God, and hence were worthy of his attention.

[Aquinasfan]

I've always found the conversations between Christ and Pontius Pilate to be the most fascinating parts of the New Testament.

"What is truth?" You could write volumes on that line alone.